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Symphonic Band

Conducted by Don Peterson, the BYU Symphonic Band uses a full concert band instrumentation of approximately 85 musicians. The group rehearses from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. each Tuesday and Thursday during both Fall and Winter semesters. While their performance demands are lesser than those of the Wind Symphony, they perform significant literature from a variety of musical periods on each concert, and they have given premieres to various works for the wind band.

Recent concert programs have included international works and multimedia presentations. Each year some of their performances are added to the BYU Bands in Review CD. Some recordings of recent performances can also be heard in the Audio Files section of the Gallery.

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Recent Repertoire

December 1, 2004

Second Suite in F
I. March - II. Song without words
III. Song of the Blacksmith - IV. Fantasia on the "Dargason"
Gustav Holst, ed. Colin Matthews
Third Suite Robert E. Jager
A Christmas Festival Leroy Anderson
All Creatures of Our God and King Claude T. Smith

November 3, 2004

Little English Girl D. Delle Cese
Selections from The Danserye
La Morisque - Bergerette - Ronde & Salterelle
Ronde & Aliud - Pavane: La Battaille
Tielman Susato, arr. Patrick Dunnigan
O Magnum Mysterium Morten Lauridsen, trans. by H. Robert Reynolds
Shepherd's Hey Percy Aldridge Grainger
Aspen Jubilee Ron Nelson

September 30, 2003

Scenes from "The Louvre"
The Portals - Children's Gallery - The Kings of France
The Nativity Paintings - Finale
Norman Dello Joio
English Dances
Vivace - Allegro risoluto
Malcolm Arnold
arr. Maurice Johnstone

April 3, 2003

Chester: Overture for Band
William Schuman
When I Close My Eyes, I See Dancers Timothy Mahr
Suite from The Firebird (1919)
Introduction - Ronde des Princesses
Danse infernale du roi Kastchei - Berceuse - Finale
Igor Stravinsky, trans. Randy Earles
Divertimento for Band, Op. 42
I. Prologue - II. Song - III. Dance
IV. Burlesque - V. Soliloquy - VI. March
Vincent Perischetti
Ghost Train Eric Whitacre
Nimrod from "Enigma Variations" Edward Elgar, arr. Alfred Reed
March from Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes
by Carl Maria von Weber
Paul Hindemith, trans. Keith Wilson

November 19, 2002

Gavorkna Fanfare
Jack Stamp
October Eric Witacre
Suite No. 1 for Military Band in Eb Major, op. 28, no. 1
Chaconne - Intermezzo - March
Gustov Holst
Divertimento II (Premiere performance) Gaylen A. Hatton (Emeritus Faculty)
Amazing Grace
Traditional, arr. William Himes
Klaxon March
Henry Fillmore
Three American Gospel Songs
(feat. Ruth Christensen, mezzo-soprano)
His Eye Is on the Sparrow
The Sweet By and By
Old Time Religion
arr. Luigi Zaninelli
Sea Songs
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Masque Kenneth Hesketh

March 28, 2002

Moorside March from "Moorside Suite"
Gustav Holst, arr. Gordon Jacob
Colonial Song
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Divertimento for Band
Ragtime - Blues - Mambo loco
Susan's Song - March of the Little People
Ira Hearshen
Chorale and Shaker Dance
Marke Seare, guest conductor
John Zdechlik
A Movement for Rosa
Mark Camphouse
The Lord of the Rings Symphony No. 1 - Gandalf Johan De Meij
Ave Maria
Franz Beibl, arr. Robert C. Cameron
Old Home Days
Waltz - The Opera House and Old Home Days
The Collection - Slow March
London Bridge is Fallen Down!!
Charles E. Ives, arr. Jonathan Elkus
Variants on a Mediaeval Tune
Andante moderato
Variation I: Allegro deciso
Variation II: Lento, pesante
Variation III: Allegro spumante
Variation IV: Andante
Variation V: Allegro giocoso
Norman Dello Joio

December 6, 2001

Purple Carnival March
Harry L. Alford
Lagan Love - An Ancient Air for Symphonic Band Luigi Zaninelli
Second Suite in F for Military Band, Op. 28 No.2
I. March - II. Song Without Words
III. Song of the Blacksmith - IV. Fantasia on "Dargason"
Gustov Holst
Shepherd's Hey
Percy Aldridge Grainger
Toccata Marziale
Ralph Vaughan Williams
An American Elegy
Frank Ticheli
Slava!
Leonard Bernstein, arr. Clare Grundman
Russian Christmas Music Alfred Reed

March, 2001

Bojarenes inntogsmarsj (Entry March of the Boyars) Op. 17 Johan Halvorsen, arr. Fennell
Tempered Steel Charles Rochester Young
Resting in the Peace of His Hands John Gibson
Four Scottish Dances Malcolm Arnold, arr. Paynter
Easter Monday on the White House Lawn john Phillips Sousa, arr. Frank Ticheli
Godzilla Eats Las Vegas Erica Whitacre

November 11, 2000

Flourish for Glorious John Ralph Vaughan Williams, arr. John Boyd
French Impressions
I. Parade - II. Can-Can
Guy Woolfenden
Cowboys John Williams, arr. Jim Curnow
Nearer My God To Thee Lowell Manson, arr. Herbert L. Clarke
English Folk Song Suite
I. March: "Seventeen Come Sunday"
II. Intermezzo: "My Bonny Boy"
III. March: "Folk Songs from Somerset"
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Lithuanian Rhapsody Thomas R. Root
Folk Dances Dimitri Shostakovich, ed. H. Robert Reynolds
Canticle: All Creatures of Our God
Neil Thornock, organ
Claude Thomas Smith

March 31, 2000

Festive Overture Dimitri Shostakovich
Lincolnshire Posy
I. Lisbon - II. Horkstow Grange
III. Rufford Park Poachers - IV. The Brisk Young Sailor
V. Lord Melbourne - VI. The Lost Lady Found
Percy Grainger
Suite Francaise
I. Normandie - II. Ile de France
Darius Milhaud
Zaparozhski March S. Tvorum ed. Don Peterson
La Fiesta Mexicana
I. Prelude and Aztec Dance
II. Mass - III. Carnival
H. Owen Reed
Africa: Ceremony, Song and Ritual
  Randall Beach, guest conductor
Robert W. Smith
Armenian Dances (part I) Alfred Reed

March 24, 1999

Konigsmarsch Richard Strauss arr. Roger Barrett
Thema Harrie Janssen
On An American Spiritual David R. Holsinger
Incantation and Dance
  Joel Yoder-Guest Conductor
John Barnes Chance
The Path Between the Mountains Jay Kennedy
Canzona Peter Menin
Toccata Girolamo Frescobaldi
Symphony No. 5 - Finale
  Dr. Ralph B. Laycock, guest conductor
Dimitri Shostakovich
Galactic Empires David Gillingham

November 13, 1998

The Earle of Oxford's March from William Byrd Suite Gordon Jacob
Second Suite in F
I. March - II. Song Without Words "I'll Love my Love"
III. Song of the Blacksmith - IV. Fantasia on the "Dargason"
Gustav Holst
Chester: Overture for Band William Schuman
Four Scottish Dances
I. Pesante - II. Vivace
III. Allegretto - IV. Con Brio
Malcolm Arnold arr. John P. Paynter
Divertimento for Band
I. Prologue - II. Song - III. Dance
IV. Burlesque - V. Soliloquy - VI. March
Vincent Persichetti
First Suite in F
I. Sea Chany - II. Song of the Bells
III. Country Dance - IV. Rumba Rumba
Thom Ritter George

March 28, 1998

Overture to Candide Leonard Bernstein
Nimrod from "Enigma Variations" Elgar/Slocum
Courtly Dances
March - Coranto - Morris Dance
Galliard - Lavolta
Benjamin Britten/Jan Bach
Cajun Folk Songs II
I. Ballad - II. Country Dance
Frank Tichelli
The Padstow Lifeboat Malcolm Arnold arr. Ray Woodfield
No Strings Frank LaRocca
Mountain Song Philip Sparke
Armenian Dances (Part I) Alfred Reed
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